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Turkey: An Action Movie without a ‘Good Guy’
Special for the Armenian Weekly In Turkey today, a very high-tempo, high-tension action scene is unfolding, with a life-or-death fight at the top of the state apparatus. A volcano of corruption is...
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Turkey, U.S. Need to Change Policy Towards Syria’s Kurds
Special for the Armenian Weekly On Nov. 5, I was among a group of panelists who took part in the European Parliament’s 10th conference on Turkey and the Kurds. It was surely an honor to address such a...
View ArticleAghjayan Delivers Talk on ‘Hidden Armenians’ in Ankara (Full Text)
On Jan. 18, writer and activist George Aghjayan delivered a talk in Ankara on Turkey’s “hidden Armenians.” He was speaking during a panel discussion held in memory of Hrant Dink. Below is the full text...
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Elderly Keep Armenia Working with Vitality
On a dirt road in Geghard—one of many found in Armenia—an elderly woman sweeps the street with a broom more suitable for a pygmy. She looks up, smiles amiably, then goes about her business. Vendor...
View ArticleSyrian Armenians in Armenia: Challenges, Support, and Relief
Special for the Armenian Weekly The Syrian crisis began in the spring of 2011, but it wasn’t until violence hit Aleppo in late July 2012 that the first wave of Syrian Armenians began trickling into...
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Hrant: Seven Years on the Seventh Day
Special for the Armenian Weekly It is Sunday, January 19, 2014. Seven years ago today Hrant Dink was assassinated in broad daylight on one of the busiest streets in Istanbul. I joined the family for...
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On the Legacy of Dink, a Dove, an Enemy of the State
On Jan. 19, Armenian Weekly Assistant Editor Nanore Barsoumian delivered the following speech during a memorial event hosted by the Friends of Hrant Dink at St. James Armenian Apostolic Church in...
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Enduring Myths of Sectarianism in Syria
Special for the Armenian Weekly Over the last six months, analysts have shifted from describing the Syrian uprising-cum-civil war as a democratic uprising to highlighting its increasing sectarian...
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Community Remembers Dink in Boston
Harry Parsekian (Photo: Aaron Spagnolo) WATERTOWN, Mass. (A.W.)—On the 7th anniversary of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink’s assassination on Jan. 19, the Friends of Hrant Dink organization...
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Dink Commemoration and Demonstration Held in Ankara
Special for the Armenian Weekly ANKARA, Turkey (A.W.)—On January 18, a conference was organized by the Ankara Freedom to Thought Initiative and National Congress of Western Armenians at the Alba Hotel...
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Los Angeles Community Honors Dink Legacy
Mouradian Receives First Hrant Dink Spirit of Freedom and Justice Medal LOS ANGELES, Calif. (A.W.)—Hundreds gathered in Los Angeles on Jan. 19 to commemorate the 7th anniversary of Hrant Dink’s murder....
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Artsakh Healthcare Continues to Forge Ahead
STEPANAKERT, NKR–As the world commemorates the 22nd anniversary of the independence of Nagorno Karabagh Republic (NKR), the population of Karabagh is still reeling from the ongoing social impact of the...
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Diyarbakir Commemorates Hrant Dink
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (A.W.)—On Jan. 19, Hrant Dink’s legacy was commemorated at an event held in front of the Human Rights Monument in Diyarbakir. A scene from the commemoration in Diyarbakir (Photo by...
View ArticleTwice Exiled: The Baron of Industry
Special for the Armenian Weekly When the events in Syria unfolded last year, Ani was the first person I thought of. We met over a decade ago when our children were in Montessori school together. She...
View ArticleSassounian: Syrian President Finally Recognizes Armenian Genocide
In a lengthy interview last week with Agence France Presse (AFP) on the tragic situation in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad made an unexpected reference to the massacres of 1.5 million Armenians. This...
View ArticleThe Reality that Is Armenia
Special for the Armenian WeeklyNow that a new year is here, maybe we can resolve to spend some time thinking about what is happening in and to Armenia. We can recall the joy and the pride we felt when...
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Ocalan: Turkey, World Should Recognize Armenian Genocide
ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan reaffirmed the Armenian Genocide and called on Turkey and the world to confront history in a letter first published by Agos on Jan. 30.A recently...
View ArticleCalifornia State Assembly Passes Armenian Genocide Curriculum Bill
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Despite heavy opposition by pro-Turkey lobbying groups, the California State Assembly voted unanimously on Jan. 29 to pass Assembly member Adrin Nazarian’s bill, AB 659, encouraging...
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Bezjian: The Butterfly and the Smile
Special for The Armenian WeeklyThe last of my dreams this morning was a strange short film. A form of classroom glob white in color like a mother’s milk, yet transparent like a pure glass floating in a...
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ARF Youth Stage Protest Against OSCE Co-Chairmen
YEREVAN—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation Nigol Aghbalian Student Organization and the ARF Youth Organization of Armenia staged a protest in front of the foreign ministry building on Feb. 5, as the...
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